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Cognitive Dysfunction

Cognitive Disorders are a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to process information normally. Symptoms typically involve changes in memory, reasoning, perception, judgement and problem solving. Confusion, forgetfulness and emotional changes are often the earliest signs.

Aspire’s experienced therapists can help patient’s manage and even improve their cognitive abilities. Working with the individual the therapist undertakes a detailed cognitive-linguistic evaluation and tailors a rehabilitation plan that will help the patient in their daily living activities.

By working on skills such as finding words, vocabulary, understanding context and improving memory the brain is stimulated and processing speed advances. These improvements have been shown to last as long as 2-4 months after training (1, 2). This can have a huge impact on a person’s overall well-being.